List of mosques in Yemen
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This is a list of mosques in the Republic of Yemen, in the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula.
| Name | Images | Location | Year/century | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aidrus Mosque | .jpg) | City of Aden | 1699 | Named for Abu Bakr al-Aydarus, a Sufi mystic.[1] |
| Al-Abbas Mosque | Sana'a, Yemen. | 1125 CE | One of the early mosques of Islam. | |
| Al-Asha'ir Mosque | .jpg) | Zabid, Al-Hudaydah | 628 | One of the early mosques of Islam. Part of UNESCO's World Heritage Site of Zabid.[2] |
| Al-Muhdhar Mosque |  | Tarim, Hadhramaut | 1914 | With a height of approximately 53 m (174 ft), the minaret is the tallest mudbrick structure in the World.[3][4][5] |
| Qubbat az-Zum Mosque |  | Jiblah, Ibb | 1515–1516 | One of two prominent mosques in the historical town of Jibla.[6][7] |
| Queen Arwa Mosque |  | Jiblah | 1111 | Associated with Queen Arwa al-Sulayhi, and is one of the two iconic mosques of Jibla, Yemen.[7] |
| Al-Hadi Mosque |  | City of Sa'dah | 897 | |
| Sufyan Mosque |  | Lahij | 1215 | Dedicated to Sufyan ibn Abdullah al-Abini al-Yamani, a Muslim scholar who fought in the 1187 Battle of Hattin against the Crusaders in Jerusalem.[8][9] |
| Alansar Mosque | Sanaa | ? | ||
| Al-Bakiriyya Mosque |  | Sanaa | 1596–1597 | Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10] |
| Abdulhadi as-Soudi Mosque |  | Taiz | 16th century | Named for Abdul Hadi as-Soudi, a prominent poet and Muslim scholar involved in Sufism. Destroyed by Islamists in 2016, and currently still in ruins as of 2020. |
| Alemaan Mosque | Sanaa | ? | ||
| Al-Mahdi Mosque |  | Sanaa | 1651 | Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10] |
| Al-Saleh Mosque |  | Sanaa | 2008 | The largest mosque in the country.[11][12] |
| Al-Shohada' Mosque | Sanaa | ? | ||
| Al-Towheed Mosque | Sanaa | ? | ||
| Great Mosque of Sana'a | .jpg) | Sanaa | 7th-8th Century | Part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Old City of Sana'a.[10] |
| Hanthel Mosque | Sanaa | ? | ||
| Ashrafiya Mosque | _Al-Ashrafiya.jpg) | City of Ta'iz | 1275 | |
| Al-Janad Mosque | _(2).jpg) | Taiz | 7th-century | |
| Mudhaffar Mosque | .jpg) | Taiz | 13th Century | |
| Talha Mosque |  | Sanaa | 1620 | [13] |
